{"id":110679,"date":"2016-01-29T12:24:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T10:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=110679"},"modified":"2016-01-29T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T10:24:46","slug":"watch-amateur-footage-captures-low-flying-jet-over-joburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/110679\/watch-amateur-footage-captures-low-flying-jet-over-joburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Amateur footage captures low-flying jet over Joburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A low flying fighter jet caused minor panic among residents in the north and west of Johannesburg on Thursday, due mostly to the noise the aircraft made.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft, believed to be a Gripen jet, traveled at a very low altitude, and in an uncommon flight path leaving residents to fear the worst.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the aircraft was rehearsing for an Air Force Day celebration at\u00a0Waterkloof Air Force Base in Centurion, on Friday (29 January).<\/p>\n<p>Many astonished residents took amateur footage of the jet as it flew over numerous neighbourhoods, before returning to base in the early evening.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Air Force are believed to have 26 Gripen aircraft in service.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xqxW_lPZ08\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5Rcf6-26co\" width=\"400\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rs0-wZQ86zw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More videos on BusinessTech<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: Physicist takes underwater bullet for science\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/110431\/watch-physicist-takes-underwater-bullet-for-science\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: Physicist takes underwater bullet for science<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: Motorist pulled over for \u2018disappearing\u2019 number plates in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/110069\/watch-motorist-pulled-over-for-disappearing-number-plates-in-sa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: Motorist pulled over for \u2018disappearing\u2019 number plates in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: SA police officer shot at close range\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/109625\/watch-sa-police-man-shot-at-close-range\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: SA police officer shot at close range<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: \u2018Zuma has a golden toilet at Nkandla\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/109229\/watch-zuma-has-a-golden-toilet-at-nkandla\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: \u2018Zuma has a golden toilet at Nkandla\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A low flying fighter jet caused minor panic among residents in the north and west of Johannesburg on Thursday, due mostly to the noise the aircraft made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":110681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11077,26],"class_list":["post-110679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-gripen","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110687,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110679\/revisions\/110687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}